Use this nonfiction checklist to see what types of features are in your text!

"NonFiction Find It and Check It" ready to print student pages can be used with any nonfiction text.

"NonFiction Find It and Check It" good idea

Help your students identify nonfiction features. This packet reinforces what they should be aware of when reading nonfiction text. Ready to print pages can be used with any nonfiction text. priced item

First Grade Fairytales: Fun Fiction VS Nonfiction Activity. This blog post details an easy, hands-on activity that uses existing visuals from Scholastic Book Fair ads to help students learn the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts. This activity could be especially useful for ELLs because of the elements of the lesson listed above.

Fun Fiction VS Nonfiction Activity with Scholastic book orders

Use old Scholastic Book order forms - Sorting fiction and nonfiction books; follow-up ideas included

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Book Alike Search

Phonic Skills Chart

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Time CapsuleDuring the first week of school my second graders make a time capsule. First I ask them to bring an empty paper-towel roll from home. We cover the rolls with construction paper, on which the children draw pictures and write their names. Capsule contents include a picture of the child, a hand tracing, and a completed questionnaire that asks about favorite books, TV shows, friends, and so on. It also asks them to write three things that they want to learn during the year. I measure eac